[philetus]

I wasn't lumping you or anyone in with druggies.
I too smoke cigarettes and I still enjoy them.
I do not believe (addiction to)tobacco is comparable to addiction to mind altering substances.

I was talking about the addiction process itself.
Although substance (and nicotine is a substance) abuse has a physical addiction property, the physical addiction is not what causes an addict (or smoker, not related to an addict) to use his/her drug of choice.
As long as I still like the way whatever I do makes me feel,as long as I don't want to quit more than I do,
as long as I choose to do it, nothing can make me quit.

[SheLion]

As long as I still like the way whatever I do makes me feel,as long as I don't want to quit more than I do, as long as I choose to do it, nothing can make me quit.

Sorry. Don't mean to sound testy. I just get my back up. So many other Conservatives come in and bash us. It just gets tiring.

I just read a good letter by one gal:

The decision to use tobacco is an informed, legal, adult choice.
It is not the business of government, health professionals, nor any one else to make the personal determination of what is an 'acceptable risk' on behalf of others when it comes to the use of a legal product.

I thought that was pretty good and nails it!